needed: a Russian perspective...

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In an English-language article I recently read, the author writes that a quote "У нас нет спиртного" can be interpreted as a word-play on spirits - spiritual; in English this could make sense since the root is the same but does it work in Russian? спиртное - духовное has nothing in common as far as word-play would go...

Am I missing something or is this author totally out to lunch? I need a Russian perspective...

thanks,
t.

upd: thank you everyone